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Old 03-17-2010, 10:54 AM   #46
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3.6 x 500 + 1560=3360, his Georgia Freshman index.
3.96 x 500 + 1380=3360, average admit.
So he ONLY measures up as equal to the average admit.
Tech is looking at an awesome Freshman class. And some other schools are looking at awesome applicants who were waitlisted.
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Old 03-18-2010, 12:09 AM   #47
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 6
Decision: Accepted

Objective:
  • SAT I (breakdown): 620CR 620M 590W 1850/2400 1260/1600
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 1%
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 World History, 3 Literature, 3 AB Calculus
  • Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, Calc II/III, AP US Govt, AP Microecon, AP Language
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar
Subjective:
  • Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Beta Club(Vice President), National Honors Society, Math team
  • Volunteer/Community service: Beta Club
  • Essays: Pretty good
  • Teacher Recommendation: no
  • Counselor Rec: no
  • Additional Rec: no
  • Interview: no
Other
  • Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
  • Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering
  • State (if domestic applicant): GA
  • School Type: Public 4 year
  • Ethnicity: Asian
  • Gender: Male
Reflection
  • Strengths: Essay, course load
  • Weaknesses: Lack of EC's and SAT scores
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably GPA and Essay
General Comments: Good Luck!!
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Old 04-03-2010, 12:23 PM   #48
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 428
Decision: Accepted

Objective:
  • SAT I (breakdown): 730 CR 800 M 800 W
  • SAT II (if submitted): 800 M2 770 USH 680 Chem
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 14/53
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang & Comp (5), USH (5), Comp Sci (pending), Lit & Comp (pending), Calc AB (pending)
  • Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous available
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
Subjective:
  • Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Class president. One season of sports each year without real distinction. Open source programming on a somewhat high-profile project. Some other stuff here and there.
  • Job/Work Experience: 2 years doing menial jobs.
  • Volunteer/Community service: About 80 hours throughout highschool.
  • Essays: Very good
  • Teacher Recommendation: Superb. Couldn't have hoped for better teacher recs.
  • Counselor Rec: Probably average. My counselor barely knew me.
  • Additional Rec: Didn't submit one
  • Interview: Didn't interview
Other
  • Applied for Financial Aid?: Affirmative
  • Intended Major: Computer Science
  • State (if domestic applicant): New Hampshire
  • School Type: Small, public
  • Ethnicity: Snow White
  • Gender: Male
  • Income Bracket: 20K - 30K
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
Reflection
  • Strengths: SATs, Recommendation, Experience in work related to my major.
  • Weaknesses: GPA
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Old 04-04-2010, 04:22 AM   #49
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 2
Decision: Rejected

Objective:
  • SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (R:740, M: 800 W:610)
  • ACT: 32
  • SAT II (if submitted): Math L2:800, Korean:800 Physics:720
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.2 (I know, I slacked compared to my SAT score)
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 188/500
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): Stat (5) Physics B (4) US History (3)
  • IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
  • Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics C Mech, AP Psych, AP US Politics, AP Microeconomics, AP Lit, AP Env Sci
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar
Subjective:
  • Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Soccer 9-12, Football 9, Korean Community Club 10-12 (Secretary 11-12),
  • Job/Work Experience: N/A
  • Volunteer/Community service: Korean School Teacher 12
  • Essays: ?
  • Teacher Recommendation: Normal I guess
  • Counselor Rec: OK
  • Additional Rec: Soccer Coach
  • Interview: N/A
Other
  • Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
  • Intended Major: Engineering
  • State (if domestic applicant): GA
  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type: Public
  • Ethnicity: Asian
  • Gender: M
  • Income Bracket: Under 25k
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): N/A
Reflection[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly, I think because they already have enough Asian males lol. but probably the low GPA.
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